Example sentences of "in [noun] as [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ When I saw Honey End and Greek Scholar coming at me I did n't think they could catch up but I gave Foinavon one more slap just in case as we jumped the last . |
| 2 | She lived in hope as she waited for her lung swap |
| 3 | Carrie sighed in resignation as he carried her out on to the small landing and leaned his shoulder against the bedroom door . |
| 4 | On the facts of the case , the police were held liable in negligence as they had no fire fighting equipment present when the CS gas was fired . |
| 5 | But he has also discovered that the Gorbachev magic has not worked in Romania as it has elsewhere in Eastern Europe . |
| 6 | And the real ale enthusiasts chose The Tap and Barrel in Middlesbrough as their 1990–1 Pub of the Year the eight season that the supporters ' association has presented such an award . |
| 7 | Now , resentment exploded in Cardiff as he rounded on Rohmer . |
| 8 | Mrs Clinton tells Vanity Fair , apparently without weighing the truth of the charges against Mr Bush : ‘ What Bill does n't understand is you 've got ta do the same thing in response as you do in negative advertising . ’ |
| 9 | His voice deepened , and Kate felt herself melt in response as his heated body at last touched hers again . |
| 10 | Brazil , marking tightly and tackling hard , looked as well organised in defence as they had done against Italy in Bologna two months earlier . |
| 11 | There are many large quintas in Monte as it used to be favoured by the rich who moved up to their summer houses when it became too hot and humid in Funchal . |
| 12 | I guessed that was in part to help me over my shock , in part as I was Margaret 's niece , but also , as I was now discovering , because , though a naturally reserved man , having once forced himself to open up , in common with most reserved people , he was now having no difficulty in talking . |
| 13 | Even then you should have caught a glimpse of Nigel in orbit as he roared to victory in the British Grand Prix … |
| 14 | , I 'm still in play as it were , and I do that then it 's . |
| 15 | Mrs Hitchcock 's other daughter Stella watched in horror as her mother was slashed on the arms and face as she tried to protect Kelly from the attack . |
| 16 | Two of the ruffians seized me , pushing me against the fence , and I could only gabble in horror as their leader drew a long , thin stiletto and pulled back my shirt to expose my throat . |
| 17 | TWO sons watched in horror as their dad was engulfed in flames following an explosion in East Lothian . |
| 18 | Occasionally , the Princess would wince in horror as she heard how women often arrived , their faces swollen , their ribs broken . |
| 19 | Again he tore his bleeding fingers from her mouth , and gaped in horror as she screamed , and went on screaming . |
| 20 | Her eyes widened in horror as she saw the straight black line of a squall bearing down on them . |
| 21 | It was only when his mouth claimed hers that some kind of reality surged back into her consciousness and her eyes flew wide open in horror as she belatedly realised just what was happening . |
| 22 | CUB scout John Moore watched in horror as his father 's body was pulled from a lake during a a ‘ lads and dads ’ adventure weekend . |
| 23 | Later that over Pringle let a ball or two pass only to freeze in horror as his last snapped back to hit the off stump . |
| 24 | Endill watched in horror as he began hitting the handle , swinging against it with all his might . |
| 25 | But the moment Renaud reached the Saracen lines , he was put into irons ; the Christian defenders then watched in horror as he was dragged before the castle and tortured in front of them . |
| 26 | Willie watched him in horror as he picked up the wriggling worms and put them inside the tin . |
| 27 | Friends on the ground watched in horror as he was towed along for 20 seconds before managing to pull an emergency handle to free himself from the snagged chute . |
| 28 | Shoppers in Manchester 's Moss Side watched in horror as he crashed into parked cars . |
| 29 | Pascoe scratched his nose ruminatively then stopped in horror as he realized who he was imitating . |
| 30 | He had such a talent for self-dramatisation that I would n't have put it past him , on finding that plunger , to have invented the whole thing — except that I had watched in horror as he deliberately forced the wretched mestizo over the edge , thrusting at his face with that dummy hand until he had disappeared into the gorge below . |